Newly elected Councillors of the 5th Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil,  took oath at Syed Mehdi Auditorium Hall, Kargil on October 17.

Principle, District and Session Judge Kargil, Iqbal Ahmed Masoodi administered the oath to 26 elected Councillors including Abdul Samadh, Abdul Wahid, Mohd Jawad, Kacho Mohammad Feroz, Abdul Hadi, Aga Ai-nul-huda, Stanzin Gigmet, Phuntsog Tashi, Stanzin Lakpa, Altaf Hussain, Haji Mohammad Abass, Khadim Hussain, Mohd Amin, Manzoor Hussain, Feroz Ahmed Khan, Nasir Hussain Munshi, Syed Mujataba Mossavi, Syed Ali, Mohammad Sajjad Khan, Ghulam Haider, Ashiq Ali, Dr. Mohammad Jaffar Akhone, Zakir Hussain, Liyaqat Ali Khan and Padma Dorje.

Deputy Commissioner/CEO, LAHDC, Election Authority Kargil, Shrikant Suse; Special Judicial Mobile Magistrate Kargil, Shafiq Mushtaq Lone; Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Wani;  SSP Kargil Stanzin Norbu besides former Cabinet Ministers, Former Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs), representatives of various religious organizations, members of various Political Parties, along with district officers were present during the oath taking ceremony.